Shoe-lacing device



J. H. ANTHON.

. SHOE LACING DEVICE.

APPL1cAT1oN min 111,111.19, 1921.

1,385,238. Patented July 19, 1921.

emes,

Y fi' flfsar'rotucmefnnvvxcn 4 7 "PatentedJulyie,1921.7 e 'Avrnuttfld'mhis.baum, lawns. i'

l Toallwnmtmyconm." i y fabl Yen an one ofa luralit `of o .leit known lthat L'JoHN Amatori, a 7, ithm ategi'al gxtensionsld of slotedssltat; cellen-f, the UmdStMes-rpsldmg' in the l 'onsror members 9 slidably mounted fer z l city and :count of San Francisco and State on 'tu'dnalmovement within each stay 2 5 of Californla,I ave invented a new and usesailslotf? also."having enlarged'portions 11 e0 ful Il n rovement in Shoe-Lacinlg Devices, to -permit passage of said headed pins 7 for of whlc the following is a speci cation. disengagement of said pins 7 from said ex- My inventionrelates to improvements in ,e tensionsA 8, the p of which will'here?V mechanical shoe lacing `devices wherein a inafterbe-more yset forth. l 10 slotted member Jslidably mounted within The stay portions or slotted members 9 35V each stay of a shoe operates in conjunction are each provided with a plurality of in-` with pins in said stays `for movingsaldl c linedv slots `12 havin offset locklng por-` stays toward each other'tofasten said shoe t1ons14 therein, the s ots of one member' 9 around the limb of a wearer. v Y being oppositely inclined to the slots in the 15 The primary object ofthe present inven-` opposite member. n 70 tion is to prov1de a new and improved lacing ins 16 are provided at regular intervals l for shoes. and .pro'ect through thestay portions 2 and f A further object of the present inven'- the ,me ined slots 12 of the members 9 o tionris to provide a new and improved device t erein. y f of thecharacterdescribed havmg improved These pins 16 may be made .witha flange 75 means for providing a uniform tension of 17 and a reduced portion 18 to receive a the uppers of a shoe around the limb of a washer 19 upon which dan 17 and washer wearer. t y 19 the opposite layers of t e stays 2 of the v A still further object is to provide a new shoe 1 are laid, with the ends of the pin' 16 f and improved shoe lacing adapted to adprojecting therethrough. The said layers 80 justably and quickly fasten a shoe having vof the stays 2 are firmly and rigidly held in a longupper portion requiring a large numosition by other washers 21, as disclosed in ber of eyelets or similar devices. y 1g.r 3 of thedrawings.V Another object is to providefan improved n operation the shoe 1 is placed upon the' shoe. lacing which maybe quickly fastenedv limb of the wearer and the slotted vlateral 85 0r detached.' a i y i extensions 8 are detachably, connected, by I accomplish these and other -obi'ects by means of the slots 7 and headed pins 6, to,4 means of the improved deviceV disc osed in the tongue member 4. By pullingupward the drawings formin' a part ofthe present on the ltongue 3 and member 4 therein the specification, wherein like characters of ref-` slotted members 9 are moved to cause the in- 90 erencev are used. to designate. similar arts clined slots 12 therein tomove the'pin's 16 throughout the said specification and rawand 4stays 2 of the'shoe 1 toward each other ings, and in -whieh y y luntilthe said pins 16 move intofthe offsetigurel is abroken elevation of a shoe locking 'portions 14 of said slots12 thereby 40 of the long or hiking type disclosing my leffective fastenin the upper offtheshoe 95 e im rovement attached thereto. around t e limb ofg a wearer. v ig. 2 is' an enlargedbroken view of the Aproper fitting of said upper is obtained device detached from a shoe. l v by connecting such slots 7 of thev extensions Fig. 3 is a still further enlarged trans- 8 with the headed pins 6 as'will produce a verse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of smoothfunform fit, after which a greater 100 Fi .'1 inthe'direction indicated; and and unlform tension is placed on said u lig. 4 is an enlarged broken transverse pers to draw the stays 2 toward each other sectional view taken online 4 4 of Fig. 2 in as hereinabove descrlbed. f the direction indicated. The first portion of the upward movement Referring to the drawin the numeral l of the tongue member 4 will move the head- 105 is used to designatev av shoe saving the usual ed pins 6 into the narrower portions of the Stays 2 and tongue l3. Within the ton e slots 7 thereby effectively locking said ex- 3 is mounted what I-term a tongue mem r tensions 8 to said tongue member 4. 4 having a plurality of headed pins 6 pro- To remove the shoe the tongue member is* jecting through vsaid tongue 3 and detachpushed downward which will move the pins 11o 6 into the enlarged portions 11 of the slots 7 and the said extensions 8 may be then disengaged fromy said pins G.

This will permit the opening of the stays '2 after which the members` i) therein may be mounted within the stays of said shoe and' detacha-bly connected to each other, each member having slots inclined oppositely to the Slots in the opposite member; pins mounted within the stays and slidably engaging the inclined slots of the member in their respective stays; and means for moving the slotted members to cause the inclined slots therein to move the pins and stays toward each other to tasten said shoe.

2. The combination with a shoe of a pair of substantially parallel members slidably mounted within the stays of said shoe and adjustably and detachably connected to each other. each member having slots inclined oppositely to the slots ot' the opposite member; pins mounted within said stays and slidably engaging the inclined slots of their respective slotted members; and means Jfor moving the slotted members to cause the slots therein to move the pins and stays toward each other to close said shoe.

3. The combination with a. shoe of a pair of substantially parallel members slidably mounted within the stays ot' said shoe and detachably and adj ustably connected to each other. each member having Slots therein oppositely inclined to the Slots of the opposite members each of said slots having offset locking portions; pins mounted within said -stays and projecting through slots in their respective members; and means for moving said members to cause the inclined slots therein to move said pins toward each other and into the offset locking portions of the slots to fasten said stays.

4. The combination with a shoe of a member slidably mounted within each stay of said shoe and detachably connected to the other member, and having slots inclined oppositely to the slots in the other member, each of said slots havin an oii'set locking portion therein; pins proJeeting through the stays and the slots of the member therein; and a member slidably mounted within the tongue of the shoe and operatively connected to the slotted members and arranged to move the same to move the pins of each stay toward each other and into the offset locking portions of the slots to fasten said shoe.

5. The combination with a shoe of a member slidably mounted Within the tongue of said shoe; a member slidably mounted for longitudinal movement within each sta-y of said shoe and arranged for detachable and adjustable connection with the tongue member, each member within said Stays having slots therein inclined oppositely to the slots in the other member and pins projecting through each stay and the slots of the member therein, whereby said pins may be actuated to move the stays toward each other to fasten said shoe when the slotted members are moved longitudinally by the tongue member.

6. The combination with a shoe of a member mounted within the tongue of said shoe and having headed pins extending through said tongue; a member mounted for longitudinal movement within each stay of Said shoe, each of said members having slots inclined oppositely from the slots in the opposite member and likewise provided with lateral extensions having a plurality of apertures therein to detaehably and adjustably engage the headed pins of the tongue meniber; and pins mounted within each stay and slidably engaging the inclined slots of the members therein whereby said shoe may be fastened around the limb of a wearer when the stay members are moved by the tongue member.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature.

JOHN H. ANTHON. 

